# Accident 19760713021699A: Piper PA18S125, Helena, MT, July 13, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1976
- Place: Helena, MT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 46.5955° N, 112.0187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Helena, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5955&lon=-112.0187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7490L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7490L-1976-09-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18S125
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA76FTI31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76FTI31) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760713021699A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FLT IN SEARCH FOR CATTLE. ACFT STRUCK UNMRKD PWRLN. RECOVERY DATE JUL 14.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA76FTI31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76FTI31), Jul 13, 1976: Piper PA-18 (N7490L), Helena, MT, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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